Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-13 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > I'm sorry to say that I did one of those, sort of. Customer asked for > a new report. I did it; it looked good and the numbers seemed > reasonable. Did I say "seemed?" Yup. You know the rest of the story: > after I installed it, and he ran it, I got _the_ call:

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-13 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
On Mar 13, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > The never-ending software story: it looked great in the demo, but fell > apart in the deployment :) I'm sorry to say that I did one of those, sort of. Customer asked for a new report. I did it; it looked good and the numbers seemed reasonable.

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-13 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In fact, the whole strategy worked well until she tried to add the > music, where the "glory" of M$ software revealed itself, and I got > blind-sided. > The never-ending software story: it looked great in the

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-13 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:41 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Well, yeah, but you didn't make a very good case for it. If you hate > it, friends shouldn't let friends use MS... I know -- it is one of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" deals. It looked like the path of least resistance. It was on th

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-12 Thread Paul M¢Nett
Ted Roche wrote: > Try IrfanView. Free. Makes slideshows. Lets you embed music. Makes an > executable so that people don't need viewers. My Dad figured out how > to use it with no coaching from me. http://www.irfanview.com/ I'd totally forgotten about IrfanView. I remember using it way back in '9

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-12 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did I say that I hate M$ Orifice? > Well, yeah, but you didn't make a very good case for it. If you hate it, friends shouldn't let friends use MS... Try IrfanView. Free. Makes slideshows. Lets you embed music.

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-12 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > >> One change she made is to add music behind the show, if that is a > >> clue. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > > > > -

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-12 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
On Mar 12, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: >> One change she made is to add music behind the show, if that is a >> clue. >> >> Any suggestions? >> > > - > > It may think that the audio is tagged to a specific slide in

Re: [NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-12 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Kenneth Kixmoeller < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I *hate* M$ Orifice 2007. Despise it. Only got it on one computer to > test some of my legacy automation code. What a piece of unadulterated > dung. > > Nevertheless -- my Long-Suffering One is using it to create a s

[NF] PowerPoint -- no advance

2008-03-12 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller
I *hate* M$ Orifice 2007. Despise it. Only got it on one computer to test some of my legacy automation code. What a piece of unadulterated dung. Nevertheless -- my Long-Suffering One is using it to create a slide show for a family event. The problem: the slides don't automatically advance,